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Heather Baker

TopLine founder and CEO Heather is a digital strategist, star blogger and trainer with a passion for technology that fuels the direction of the business.

Campaign design

99

Neuromarketing

98

Grammar policing

98

Pretending to be a football fan

11

Luke Budka

TopLine Director Luke works closely with our client teams and is great at gaining in-depth knowledge of clients before helping them conquer their comms challenges.

Talking

97

Listening

96

Idea generation

99

Juggling

73

Jamie Field

Camera man turned producer/director Jamie is great at spotting the creative opportunity in every brief and delivering projects on time and on budget.

Camera knowledge

93

Understanding client needs

95

Number of productions

400

Hosing down muddy dogs

97

Sian Evans

Producer Sian is the main point of contact for all our animation projects and brings a fresh perspective to every project. She is also a singer and plays bass and keyboards. And bakes the occasional biscuit.

Client relations

96

Idea Generating

95

Contingency planning

98

Singing

95

Dan Brown

Dan got a camcorder for his 14th birthday, and hasn’t looked back since. His enthusiasm is matched only by his talent, which means our clients can’t get enough of him on set.

Getting that shot

100

Lighting the scene

97

Camera work

98

Hair styling

86

Christien Pheby

Christien likes reading and writing (he’s not that big on ‘rithmetic). At TopLine he gets to do plenty of both, as well as drafting, editing and proofing on-brand content for all our clients.

Writing

99

Research

95

Twitter skills

96

Star Wars lore

100

Matthew Robinson

A jack-of-all-trades and master of puns, Matthew assists the account and media relations teams in delivering excellent coverage and results.

Speed reading

94

Reasoning

92

Information retention

96

Useless history trivia

100

Tom Farthing

A former data scientist, radio producer, and philosophy grad, Tom tried on many hats before donning TopLine’s media relations sombrero – his favourite of the lot.

Journo schmoozing

96

Media contacts

99

Tech knowledge

95

Unseasonal cider consumption

100

Tom Pallot

A born all-rounder, Tom contributes to a number of team projects. He blogs, he pitches, he optimises websites – and he does it all with style and speed. He even speaks French!

Organisation

97

Blogging

98

Getting coverage

98

Making paper aeroplanes

2

Leandi Kolver

Former journalist and features editor Leandi joined TopLine in 2015 as one of the first employees in the company’s South African office. She enjoys reading, writing, coming up with story ideas and being organised.

Writing

95

Thinking up story ideas

87

List-making

93

High-speed talking

99

Devon

Labrador retriever Devon has been part of Team TopLine since she was just 12 weeks old and is critical to the wellbeing of everyone in the office. She loves going for long walks.

Napping

91

Fetching

96

Postal worker relations

28

Posing for the camera

93

Oded Shein

Animation artiste Oded creates explainer videos for TopLine’s production team. A grizzled, battle-hardened motion graphics veteran, he previously worked in the broadcast and music industries.

Motion graphics

100

Illustration

95

Graphic design

98

Emotional range

1

Charlotte Danby

Charlotte used to be a corporate marketer, an English teacher and a tomato picker. Working in TopLine's Cape Town office, she now happily develops content. She believes in sunblock and standing up straight.

Writing

97

Reading

95

Listening

93

Perfect posture

91

Tracey Flett

Creative, hyper-organised, and with a forensic eye for detail, Tracey keeps team TopLine firmly on track. A coffee and film enthusiast and a keen problem-solver, she joined the team in 2016.

Multitasking

97

Organising

99

Teamwork

95

Pub quizzing

13

Katie Shuff

A versatile and energetic component of TopLine’s growing integrated department, Katie’s multifaceted role involves everything from conducting industry research to writing press releases.

Organisation

95

Enthusiasm

98

Multitasking

96

Celebrity gossip

100

Tumi

Based in Johannesburg, Tumi is The Ultimate Main Instigator (or TUMI) and loves making things happen. With a strong passion for communications and media relations Tumi takes pleasure in lobbying media for coverage.

Feature writing

89

Wining and dining journalists

95

Listening

99

30 Seconds game skills

150

Nick Byrne

As our video sales maestro, Nick gets most animated (sorry) when he’s winning new business for TopLine’s brilliant production team.